Hopes And Prayers For The New Year

The New Year has become a time for us to gather up our hopes and prayers for the coming year and express them in resolutions. The idea of “New” seems to lay out the prospect for something different, something better. I confess to being a resolution maker....

God and Country

“Beside the rivers of the Potomac we sat and wept at the memory of our homeland, leaving our conga drums by the palm trees…. ‘Sing,’ they said, “some Mambo.” How can we sing our rumba in a pagan land? Mi patria, if I forget you, may my...

White Christmas

For the last month Bing Crosby, the quintessential crooner, has been treating us to “White Christmas” almost everywhere we turned. We heard him in grocery stores, shopping centers, elevators, and even when we were put on “hold” after calling...

Jesus Was a Refugee

Jesus was a refugee. That’s all I can think about this Christmas. Last Sunday at church was the Christmas extravaganza, shepherds and angels and wise men and Mary and Joseph and a baby who didn’t cry (which is, in itself, a small miracle). Carols have been...